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100 unusual facts about Austria


1903 World Figure Skating Championships

Carried out of the competition for the second time won the pairs competition sporting a pairs :Christina von Szabo / G. Euler (1st place) and brother and sister Mizzi Bohatsch / Otto Bohatsch (2nd place) both of Austria .

Angelica Kauffman

Kauffman was born at Chur in Graubünden, Switzerland, where her father was working for the local bishop but grew up in Schwarzenberg in Vorarlberg/Austria where her family originated.

Arthur Robertson Cushny

Aroused by interests of physiological drug interaction, he traveled to the European continent and spent a year of associated study under Oswald Schmiedeberg at Strassburg, Austria and six months in Berne under Hugo Kronecker, from whom he learned elements of physiological technique.

Atzbach

Atzbach is a municipality in the district of Vöcklabruck in Upper Austria, Austria.

Austria's Next Topmodel

The show had a spin-off called Die Model WG where six of the girls once again moved together and were filmed over ten weeks in their second attempt at a breakthrough in the modelling business.

Bad Kreuzen

Bad Kreuzen is a municipality in the district Perg in Upper Austria, Austria.

Battle of Hard

The Imperial army had deployed its advance guard between the towns of Lustenau and Höchst, south of the lake town of Hard.

Battle of Leobersdorf

When Kasim Bey was informed of the retreat of the Ottoman main Army, he gathered his raiders in Pottenstein to link up with the main army.

Berthold II, Count of Andechs

When his daughter Kunigunde entered Admont Abbey, he donated 15 oxgangs of land in Moosburg to the abbey.

Bichlbach

Bichlbach is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Bierbaum am Auersbach

Bierbaum am Auersbach is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Bludesch

Bludesch is a municipality in the district of Bludenz in Vorarlberg, Austria.

Breitenwang

Breitenwang is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Dienersdorf

Dienersdorf is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Edelsbach bei Feldbach

Edelsbach bei Feldbach is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Eggendorf im Traunkreis

Eggendorf im Traunkreis is a municipality in the district Linz-Land in Upper Austria, Austria.

Ehenbichl

Ehenbichl is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Elbigenalp

Elbigenalp is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Eppenstein

Eppenstein is a municipality in the district of Murtal in the Austrian state of Styria.

Feistritz bei Knittelfeld

Feistritz bei Knittelfeld is a municipality in the district of Murtal in Styria, Austria.

Fladnitz im Raabtal

Fladnitz im Raabtal is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Frutten-Gießelsdorf

Frutten-Gießelsdorf is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in Austrian state of Styria.

Gmachl

The Romantic Hotel Gmachl in Elixhausen (near Salzburg) was founded in 1334 and is the oldest family business in Austria.

Grabersdorf

Grabersdorf is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Gramais

Gramais is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Grambach

Grambach is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Greinbach

Greinbach is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Großhart

Großhart is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Gutenbrunn

Gutenbrunn is a municipality in the district of Zwettl in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

Haiming, Tyrol

Haiming is a municipality in the district of Imst in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Hart-Purgstall

Hart-Purgstall is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Häselgehr

Häselgehr is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Heinrich Gomperz

Heinrich Gomperz (January 18, 1873, Vienna, Austria-Hungary – December 27, 1942, Los Angeles, California) was an Austrian philosopher.

Heiterwang

Heiterwang is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Hinterhornbach

Hinterhornbach is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Hofkirchen bei Hartberg

Hofkirchen bei Hartberg is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Hofkirchen im Traunkreis

Hofkirchen im Traunkreis is a municipality in the district Linz-Land in Upper Austria, Austria.

Imperial Natural History Museum

Later, the Museum became part of the Natural History Museum of Vienna, Austria (in German, "Naturhistorisches Museum Wien" or NHM-Wien).

Jeging

Jeging is a municipality in the district of Braunau am Inn in the Austrian state of Upper Austria.

King in Prussia

They were victorious over the Austrian Habsburg Monarchy in the three Silesian Wars, greatly increasing their power through the acquisition of Silesia.

Klösterle, Austria

Klösterle is a municipality in the district of Bludenz in Vorarlberg, Austria.

Krakaudorf

Krakaudorf is a municipality in the district of Murau in Styria, Austria.

Krusdorf

Krusdorf is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Langegg bei Graz

Langegg bei Graz is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Langen bei Bregenz

Langen bei Bregenz is a municipality in the district of Bregenz, Vorarlberg, Austria.

Langkampfen

Langkampfen is a municipality in the middle of the Austrian state of Tyrol between Kufstein (8 km southwest below) and Wörgl (8 km north above).

Lend

Lend, Austria, a town in the district of Zell am See in the state of Salzburg

Ligist

Ligist is a municipality in the district of Voitsberg in the Austrian state of Styria.

Loosdorf

Around 1574 Hans Wilhem of Losenstein, who lived on the nearby castle Schallaburg, opened a school in Loosdorf, called 'die Hohe Schule' ('the High School').

Lorüns

Lorüns is a municipality in the district of Bludenz in Vorarlberg, Austria.

Maierdorf

Maierdorf is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Mandy Mulder

She won silver at the European Junior Championship Laser Radial in Breitenbrunn.

Mitterkirchen im Machland

Mitterkirchen im Machland is a municipality in the district of Perg in Upper Austria, Austria.

Mitterlabill

Mitterlabill is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Murboden Cattle

Murboden Cattle are bred primarily in Carinthia, Styria and Lower Austria in Austria, and in the bordering Slovenia.

Mürzhofen

Mürzhofen is a municipality in the district of Mürzzuschlag in Styria, Austria.

Niederneukirchen

Niederneukirchen is a municipality in the district Linz-Land in Upper Austria, Austria.

Oberlienz

Oberlienz is a municipality in the district of Lienz in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Pabneukirchen

Pabneukirchen is a municipality in the district of Perg in Upper Austria, Austria.

Paldau

Paldau is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Pfaffing, Austria

Pfaffing is a municipality in the district of Vöcklabruck in Upper Austria, Austria.

Pinzgauer Cattle

In Austria in 1995 there were 53,874 animals, 9,883 of which were registered in stud books.

Pirching am Traubenberg

Pirching am Traubenberg is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Pistorf

Pistorf is a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in Styria, Austria.

Pöllauberg

Pöllauberg is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Poppendorf, Styria

Poppendorf is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Raabau

Raabau is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Rabenwald

Rabenwald is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Raffelstetten customs regulations

The document takes its name from Raffelstetten, a toll-bar on the Danube, a few kilometers downstream from Linz (it is now part of the town of Asten in Austria).

Ralph Hitz

Born in Vienna, Austria, on March 1, 1891, Hitz ran away from home three days after his family arrived in New York in 1906.

Religion in Austria

The organization Call to Disobedience (Aufruf zum Ungehorsam in German) is an Austrian movement mainly composed of dissident Catholic priests which started in 2006.

Rinegg

Rinegg is a municipality in the district of Murau in Styria, Austria.

Rutzenham

Rutzenham is a municipality in the district of Vöcklabruck in Upper Austria, Austria.

Sankt Anna am Lavantegg

Sankt Anna am Lavantegg is a municipality in the district of Murtal in Styria, Austria.

Sankt Jakob im Walde

Sankt Jakob im Walde is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Sankt Johann in der Haide

Sankt Johann in der Haide is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Sankt Marein bei Graz

Sankt Marein bei Graz is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Sankt Margarethen bei Knittelfeld

Sankt Margarethen bei Knittelfeld is a municipality in the district of Murtal in Styria, Austria.

Sankt Oswald bei Plankenwarth

Sankt Oswald bei Plankenwarth is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Schrems bei Frohnleiten

Schrems bei Frohnleiten is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Schweiggers

Schweiggers is a municipality in the district of Zwettl, in Lower Austria, Austria.

Shitterton

The hamlet's name has resulted in its sign repeatedly being stolen (a fate similar to that of Fucking, Austria), requiring costly replacements to be acquired each time, to the increasing reluctance of the local council.

Siegersdorf bei Herberstein

Siegersdorf bei Herberstein is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Silbertal

Silbertal is a municipality in the district of Bludenz in Vorarlberg, Austria.

Somnium Obmutum

Somnium Obmutum is the first album from the Austrian metal band Estatic Fear.

Sonnhofen

Sonnhofen is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Stanz im Mürztal

Stanz im Mürztal is a municipality in the district of Mürzzuschlag in Styria, Austria.

Traunstein, Austria

Traunstein is a municipality in the district of Zwettl in the Austrian state of Lower Austria.

Trössing

Trössing is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Tulwitz

Tulwitz is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Übelbach

Übelbach is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Virgen

Virgen is a municipality in the district of Lienz in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Vorderhornbach

Vorderhornbach is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Waltendorf

Waltendorf is the 9th district of the Austrian city of Graz.

Wängle

Wängle is a municipality in the district of Reutte in the Austrian state of Tyrol.

Weinitzen

Weinitzen is a municipality in the district of Graz-Umgebung in the Austrian state of Styria.

Windhaag bei Perg

Windhaag bei Perg is a municipality in the district of Perg in Upper Austria, Austria.

Wolfsberg im Schwarzautal

Wolfsberg im Schwarzautal is a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in Styria, Austria.

Wörth an der Lafnitz

Wörth an der Lafnitz is a municipality in the district of Hartberg in Styria, Austria.

Zu Mantua in Banden

Zu Mantua in Banden (also known as the Andreas-Hofer-Lied) is one of the most popular folk songs and, since 1948, the official anthem of the current Austrian State of Tyrol, i.e. the Northern and Eastern part of the former County of Tyrol.


1930 World Ice Hockey Championships

The 1930 Men's Ice Hockey World Championships were held between January 30 and February 10, 1930 in Chamonix, France, Vienna, Austria, and Berlin, Germany.

2001 CA-TennisTrophy

The 2001 CA-TennisTrophy was a tennis tournament played on indoor hard courts at the Wiener Stadthalle in Vienna in Austria and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2001 ATP Tour.

2002 Generali Open

The 2002 Generali Open was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Tennis Stadium Kitzbühel in Kitzbühel in Austria and was part of the International Series Gold of the 2002 ATP Tour.

Alexander Pöllhuber

Alexander Pöllhuber (born 30 April 1985) is an Austrian professional association football player, currently playing for Austrian Football First League side SC Rheindorf Altach as a defender.

Amering

Amering is a municipality in the district of Murtal in Styria, Austria.

Anna Heringer

She studied architecture at the University of Arts and Industrial Design in Linz, Austria, graduating in 2004.

Big Two-Hearted River

In January 1925, while wintering in Schruns, Austria, waiting for a response from query letters written to friends and publishers in America, Hemingway submitted the story to be published in his friend Ernest Walsh's newly established literary magazine This Quarter.

Breitenfeld am Tannenriegel

Breitenfeld am Tannenriegel is a municipality in the district of Leibnitz in Styria, Austria.

Carl Tschek

Carl Tschek (? - 1872) was an Austrian entomologist who specialised in Ichneumonidae

Christoph Kröpfl

Born in Graz, Kröpfl started playing football with the ESV Austria Graz.Later he joined the Sturm Graz Akademie to make his professional debut for SK Sturm Graz in the 2007/2008 season against SV Ried.

Clunia, Austria

Clunia is the name of an ancient Roman city that is situated in Feldkirch (Vorarlberg, Austria) and indicated on the Tabula Peutingeriana.

Daria Dmitrieva

The head coach of Russia, President of the Russian Federation of Rhythmic Gymnastics, Irina Viner said the question of participation in the Olympics remained open and would be resolved only after the June Grand Prix in Austria and the World Cup in Belarus in July.

Dieter Duhm

During this period, Duhm says that he found inspiration in the works of Nietzsche, Hegel, van Gogh, Rudolf Steiner, Jesus, Laozi, Prentice Mulford, and Teilhard de Chardin; and he spent time in the Aktionsanalytische Organisation (AAO) with Otto Muehl at the Friedrichshof community in Austria, and with Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh in India.

DJP

Union of Printing, Journalism, and Paper (Gewerkschaft Druck, Journalismus, Papier) in Austria

Drava

The Drava flows through Innichen/San Candido in Italy, Lienz, Spittal an der Drau, Villach, and Ferlach in Austria, Dravograd, Vuzenica, Muta, Ruše, Maribor, Ptuj, and Ormož in Slovenia, Varaždin and Osijek in Croatia, and Barcs in Hungary, being navigable for about 90 km from Čađavica in Croatia to its outfall.

Edelstauden

Edelstauden is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Einen Jux will er sich machen

Einen Jux will er sich machen (1842) (He Will Go on a Spree or He'll Have Himself a Good Time), is a three-act musical play, designated as a Posse mit Gesang, by Austrian playwright Johann Nestroy first performed at the Theater an der Wien in Vienna on 10 March 1842.

Felix Pollaczek

Félix Pollaczek (1 December 1892 in Vienna – 29 April 1981 at Boulogne-Billancourt) was an Austrian-French engineer and mathematician, known for numerous contributions to number theory, mathematical analysis, mathematical physics and probability theory.

Ferdinand Hirzegger

A natural track luger, he won the silver medal in the men's singles at the 2001 FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships in Stein an der Enns, Austria.

Genevieve Woo

Woo owns Vintage Bunny, an online jewellery store specialising in modern handmade and authentic vintage jewellery, created using natural stones, pearls, Balinese silver and Austrian crystals.

Global Marshall Plan Initiative

Supporters of the initiative include Hans-Dietrich Genscher, Hubert Weinzierl (BUND), Rita Süssmuth, Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Franz Josef Radermacher, Jakob von Uexküll, Ulrich Martin Drescher, Renée Ernst, Sandra Maischberger (all from Germany), Josef Riegler, Franz Fischler (Austria), Prince El Hassan bin Talal (Jordan), Vandana Shiva (India), Jane Goodall (UK) and approximately 5000 supporters from Germany and Austria.

Heinz Anger

From 1945 Heinz attended elementary and primary school in Favoriten, a district of Vienna, Austria.

Hochvogel

Hinterhornbach is the valley settlement on the southern side (in the Tyrol, Austria).

Horšovský Týn

After the death of Louis II of Hungary at the Battle of Mohács in 1526, Archduke Ferdinand of Austria became King of Bohemia and the country became a constituent state of the Habsburg Monarchy to 1918.

House of Diehl

They are best known for their rock'n'roll-style live fashion performance, called Instant Couture, with which they've supported Sonic Youth, and staged events at New York Fashion Week; at the Life Ball in Vienna, Austria.

Interoute

Interoute's offices: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Netherlands, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States of America, plus a Network Operations Centre in Sofia and a Customer Service Centre in Prague and Luleå.

Kaiser-Walzer

The waltz was originally titled Hand in Hand and was intended as a toast made in August of that year by Austrian emperor Franz Josef on the occasion of his visit to the German Kaiser Wilhelm II where it was symbolic as a 'toast of friendship' extended by Austria to Germany.

Karol D. Witkowski

In 1879 he enlisted in the Austrian Army (in 19th century southern Poland was occupied by Austria and named Galicia), where he gained popularity by making portraits of his fellow soldiers and commanding officers, including a portrait of General Duke William of Württemberg and portrait of Lieutenant Field Marshal Emanuel Salomon of Friedberg - Mírohorsky (this army officer also was a genre painter, it is possible, why later in USA Karl Witkowski became genre painter).

Kirchbach in Steiermark

Kirchbach in Steiermark is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Krems

Krems, Carinthia, a small municipality in the district of Spittal an der Drau in Carinthia in Austria

Kurt Krenn

Kurt Krenn (28 June 1936 – 25 January 2014) was an Austrian Roman Catholic prelate and Bishop who ran a seminary for priests in Sankt Pölten, near Vienna.

Marie Henrieta Chotek

Only a few days after the closure of the congress, on June 28, 1914 Archduke Franz Ferdinand, Austria-Hungary's crownprince and his wife Sophie (Marie Henrieta's cousin) were Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria in Saraevo.

Matthias Abele

Matthias Abele von und zu Lilienberg (17 February, 1618 – 14 November, 1677) brother of Christoph Ignaz Abele, was a mine official and jurist in Steyer, Austria.

Mikhail Semyonovich Shoyfet

Born August 26, 1947 in Vienna, Austria on Belvederegasse street # 8, the house of Frau Brambauer.

Montse Armengou Martín

The films examine different aspects of the Spanish Civil War and the Franco dictatorship; - the forced relocation of Republican children, disappearances and mass graves, and the 1940 deportation of Spanish Republicans from the French town of Angouleme to the Nazi concentration camp Mauthausen, Austria.

Norway in 1814

He learned that Prussia and Austria were waning in their support of Sweden's claims to Norway, that Tsar Alexander I of Russia (a distant cousin of Christian Frederik's) favored a Swedish-Norwegian union but not with Bernadotte as the king, and that the United Kingdom was looking for a solution to the problem that would keep Norway out of Russia's influence.

Opinions on the Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy

A number of Muslim commentators, including Ehsan Ahrari of the Asia Times, have pointed at laws in Germany, France, Austria, and seven other countries in Europe which explicitly regard the denial of the Holocaust as a crime, free speech considerations notwithstanding.

Order of St. Andrew

He witnessed first hand the awards ceremonies for England's Order of the Garter and Austria's Order of the Golden Fleece and noticed the loyalty and pride of the awardees.

Periclase

In addition to its type locality, it is reported from Predazzo, Tyrol, Austria; Carlingford, County Louth, Ireland; Broadford, Skye and the island of Muck, Scotland; León, Spain; the Bellerberg volcano, Eifel district, Germany; Nordmark and Långban, Varmland, Sweden; and Kopeysk, southern Ural Mountains, Russia.

Pertlstein

Pertlstein is a municipality in the district of Südoststeiermark in the Austrian state of Styria.

Peter Glassen

Born in Szeged, Hungary (then the Austro-Hungarian Empire) on October 19, 1920, Glassen emigrated with his parents to Toronto, Canada in 1929, residing on Gladstone Avenue in the city's west end.

Ron Powers

In addition to writing, Powers has taught for the Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, the Salzburg Seminar in Salzburg, Austria, and at Middlebury College in Middlebury, Vermont.

Rosenheim–Kufstein railway

Another narrow gauge line, the Wachtl Railway, still connects the cement plant near Kiefersfelden station with limestone quarries at Wachtl, just inside Austria in the municipality of Thiersee.

Sankt Gerold

Sankt Gerold is a municipality in the district of Bludenz in Vorarlberg, Austria.

Schaan

The municipality includes the Naafkopf, one of the two tripoints between Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Austria.

Søren Marinus Jensen

Following a victory against the German, he faced and defeated the Belgian Debouis and then Bauer from Austria in order to win the gold medal in the heavyweight class, at which point King George I of Greece called out to him in congratulation.

Tov

Treaty of Versailles (1756), a defense alliance treaty between France and Austria; see Diplomatic Revolution

Zell am Moos

Zell am Moos is a municipality in the district of Vöcklabruck in Upper Austria, Austria.